Income Taxes, Investment, Cryptocurrency

Are you Thinking of Moving to Another Country - A Few Things to Consider

Allen Barron, Inc. on 5/31/2024

Are you thinking of moving to another country? Over the past decade, a record number of U.S. citizens have decided to live and work abroad. There are many issues you may not have considered that will impact any decision to...more

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Hedge Funds: Crypto and State Tax

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 4/24/2024

Hedge fund managers have a state tax gating issue when it comes to adding crypto to their assets under management. Generally, states such as New York, Connecticut and California encourage asset managers to locate in their...more

Release the Kraken Tax Transaction Information

Gray Reed on 11/6/2023

On June 30, 2023 the District Court in the Northern District of California granted a petition to enforce the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken to release customer information. Specifically, Kraken was ordered to produce the...more

IRS Says Crypto Protocol Changes Are Not Taxable

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 5/25/2023

On April 21, 2023, the IRS released Chief Counsel Advice Memorandum 202316008 (the “CCA”), which provides that cryptocurrency protocol changes are not treated as realization events and do not give rise to gross income for...more

IRS Gets Serious About Digital Asset Reporting by Individuals

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 4/27/2023

Since 2019, Form 1040 has included a general question regarding the taxpayer’s cryptocurrency activity. Over the years, the IRS has modified the scope of its cryptocurrency inquiry. On the 2021 Form 1040, this question read:...more

IRS Releases Memorandum on Deducting Cryptocurrency Losses

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/27/2023

On January 13, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a Chief Counsel Advice Memorandum (CCA 202302011) concluding that taxpayers cannot claim a deduction for cryptocurrency losses that have, absent a sale or other...more

Back to the Future ... Cryptocurrency Tax Reporting

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 1/26/2023

The cryptocurrency industry may be breathing a sigh of relief following the release of recent IRS guidance on cryptocurrency tax reporting, which effectively postpones the January 1, 2023 effective date of the digital asset...more

Tax Considerations for Transactions of Non-Fungible Tokens

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/29/2022

Creators, investors, users, and dealers of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are at the forefront of the intersection of art, music, sports, entertainment, and technology — and they are simultaneously charting a new path when it...more

Thoughts on Cryptocurrency and Tax Partnerships

Gray Reed on 4/11/2022

Cryptocurrency holders often want to put their assets into an entity for a host of reasons, such as asset protection, arranging negotiated management rights and exit planning. This post discusses basic federal income tax...more

U.S. Treasury Signals that Cryptocurrency Miners & Stakers Will Not Be Subject to Broker Information Reporting Tax Requirements

Dechert LLP on 2/17/2022

On February 11, 2022, in a letter addressed to certain U.S. Senators, the U.S. Department of the Treasury indicated that cryptocurrency miners, cryptocurrency stakers or related hardware or software providers would not be...more

New Crypto Reporting Requirements Aim to Address Tax Gap

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 2/11/2022

As cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin rise in popularity, government regulators repeatedly try, and often fail, to control its use as a tax shelter. Agencies such as the IRS struggle with determining the best way to tax...more

How Will Virtual Currency Be Taxed?

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 11/17/2021

Despite the confusing interpretations by US regulators, non-compliance with crypto tax rules can cost taxpayers dearly. Unfortunately, the answer to “how is virtual currency taxed” depends on who you ask....more

Cryptocurrency Stakeholders Should Prepare for Increased Tax Enforcement

Dechert LLP on 11/17/2021

As we recently noted in our OnPoint dated October 20, 2021, the rise in interest from retail and institutional investors in the cryptocurrency market has attracted increased regulatory and enforcement attention in the past...more

IRS Puts Brokers On The Hot Seat for Crypto Tax Reporting

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 11/4/2021

Definition of a broker is debated The Biden Administration’s 2021–2022 Priority Guidance Plan (the Plan) supports a push from the IRS and the US Treasury to more closely scrutinize the virtual currency industry....more

The IRS Is Cracking Down On Cryptocurrency Tax Reporting

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 7/20/2021

If you’ve engaged in cryptocurrency or other virtual currency transactions worth $20,000 in any one year between 2016 and 2020, the IRS wants to hear from you. The IRS believes thousands of taxpayers are not telling the...more

Taxpayer Guidelines for Cryptocurrency in 2021

Gray Reed on 1/29/2021

Cryptocurrency is more accessible than ever before. Banks are continuing to both implement procedures for and, in some cases, develop their own cryptocurrencies. Paypal allows users in the U.S. to buy, sell and hold select...more

Virtual Currency

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 12/3/2019

On Oct. 9, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) issued Revenue Ruling 2019-24 concerning the tax consequences of virtual currency hard forks, as well as FAQs on the taxation of virtual currency generally. This...more

Taxpayers, have you sold, received, exchanged or acquired Virtual Currency?

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 11/15/2019

During the month of October 2019, IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2019-24, FAQ’s on Virtual Currency Transactions and a DRAFT Form of Schedule 1, which, for the first time presents the question: “At any time during 2019, did you...more

Stick a Fork in It? IRS Issues Updated Guidance on the Tax Treatment of Cryptocurrency Forks and Provides Answers to a List of...

Polsinelli on 10/22/2019

Five years or so years ago, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) provided its first, and until this week, only formal advice on the taxation of cryptocurrency transactions in Notice 2014-21. This guidance, while helpful in...more

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